Gene Chizik Isn’t Happy With HBO’s Pay for Play Story

by | Posted on Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Auburn head football coach Gene Chizik is none too pleased after HBO’s Real Sports reported that at least four former Tigers players were paid illegally during their time on campus, calling the story was “pathetic and pure garbage.”

“It’s very sad to me that HBO is going to go ahead and air something that really admittedly they’ve got no proof on anything,” Chizik said. “What’s disturbing to me is they interviewed other former Auburn football players and they had exactly the opposite to say, but that failed to make the air.”

If Auburn officials really did turn down a chance to defend themselves (and so far no one from the school has denied that the opportunity was extended), then it’s hard to fault HBO for their reporting. Plus if we’ve learned nothing else in the last bit of forever, it’s that when the NCAA bloodhounds start sniffing around something is bound to be uncovered. It may be best to save your outrage until the penalty police head home.